The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. Bacon, Francis
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. Bacon, Francis
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man’s own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. Bacon, Francis
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. Bacon, Francis
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. Bacon, Francis
Wives are young men’s mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men’s nurses. Bacon, Francis
Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. Bacon, Francis
